Residents returning from Sydney to Wagga must wear masks

NSW Health has confirmed that those who live outside the Greater Sydney area, but have visited in the past 14 days, are required to wear a face mask on their return.

"Mask wearing applies regardless of your COVID-19 vaccination status," they said in an online statement.

"The Order does not apply to a person aged 12 years or under, or a person with a physical or mental health illness or condition, or disability, that makes wearing a fitted face covering unsuitable including, for example, a skin condition, an intellectual disability, autism or trauma."

The mask must cover the nose and mouth and be worn indoors at non-residential premises, including workplaces.

The Greater Sydney area includes the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong, and Shellharbour Local Government Areas.

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Everyone living or working in Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick and the city of Sydney will go into lockdown for at least the next week.

Anyone who lives or works in the Canada Bay, Inner West, and Bayside local government areas, cannot travel beyond metropolitan Sydney while the restrictions are in place unless they have a reasonable excuse.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the lockdown applies to people who work and live in the area.

"Someone who works in those local government areas, especially if you've been working in the four local government areas, either part time or permanently in the past two weeks, you are subject to the stay-at-home order," she said.

The Daily Advertiser has asked NSW Health as to whether the stay-at-home order will apply to regional residents who have visited those four suburbs in the last 14 days. No response has been supplied yet.

Riverina Police District Inspector Brett Collins said they are urging people to adhere to the current restrictions to ensure the strain does not reach the region.

"We would ask that members of the Riverina community that are aware of somebody coming from a hotspot to report it to police for investigation," he said.

"We encourage that local businesses to check where people are coming from and to report it and to use the COVID check-in system."

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